Sunderland bridged a two-division gap as they came from behind to produce a cup shock against Premier League Burnley at Turf Moor.

The Black Cats booked their place in the third round of the Carabao Cup despite falling behind to Jay Rodriguez’s early strike, in a match which also saw Burnley hit the woodwork twice in quick succession through Aaron Lennon and Matej Vydra in the first half.

But Will Grigg scored his first goal since April to haul the Wearsiders level before half-time, and Sunderland hit their hosts with two killer blows in as many minutes at the start of the second period, both from short corner routines.

Skipper Tom Flanagan headed home the first, and before Burnley had recovered George Dobson opened his account for his new club by smashing home the second.

It was Sunderland’s fifth win in a row in all competitions and it keeps their bandwagon rolling ahead of this weekend’s league trip to Peterborough United.

Jack Ross made eight changes to the side that started the weekend league win over AFC Wimbledon, with only Denver Hume, Lynden Gooch, and Luke O’Nien retained from that line-up.

Burnley boss Sean Dyche made ten changes to the side that began the 1-1 draw at Wolves on Sunday, with Dwight McNeil the only man to keep his place.

The Clarets included former Black Cat Phil Bardsley in their starting line-up, while Jimmy Dunne – who spent the second half of last season on loan on Wearside – was included on the bench.

Burnley dominated the first half and should have been out of sight by half-time.

They took the lead in the 12th minute when Dylan McGeouch failed to control the ball in midfield and was dispossessed by Vydra, who ran at the Sunderland defence before playing in Rodriguez to his right and he slotted past Lee Burge with ease.

Rodriguez could have had a second midway through the half when he collected Bardsley’s ball into the box, only to see his shot from a tight angle blocked behind by Baldwin.

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And just before the half-hour the Clarets hit the woodwork twice in the space of a couple of seconds as Lennon beat Burge with a shot from just inside the box which came back off the left-hand post, the rebound came to Vydra 10 yards out and he took a touch but then hit the other upright.

Sunderland had not brought a save out of Joe Hart up to this point, and that was still the case when Dobson sent a half-chance wide from a Hume cross.

The Black Cats got back on terms 10 minutes before the break with a goal out of nothing.

Hume’s low cross from the left looked as though it would be easily cut out by Danny Drinkwater, but the on-loan Chelsea man could only divert it straight to the unmarked Grigg 12 yards out and he made no mistake with the finish.

Sunderland were fortunate to go in level at half-time, but within five minutes of the restart they turned the game on its head with two goals in quick succession.

They took the lead on 47 minutes when a short corner on the right was played to Lynden Gooch on the edge of the box, his low shot was parried by Joe Hart straight at Flanagan and he headed home from six yards out.

And two minutes later the Black Cats gave themselves a two-goal cushion with another short corner routine, this time from the right.

The ball was played to Dobson on the edge of the box and his low shot through a crowded penalty area beat Hart and found the bottom right-hand corner.

Burnley tried to lift themselves and on the hour Burge made an excellent save to push a header from Kevin Long away to safety, and ten minutes after that Baldwin made an important block from substitute Chris Wood.

The Clarets put Sunderland under pressure in the final stages with Wood seeing an attempted lob drop just wide of goal, but the Black Cats’ back line stood firm to ensure there was no way back for Burnley.